Levu immaculatus Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 46

Levu immaculatus Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 2.0 times longer than wide, length: male 3.6–3.7 mm (mean = 3.6, n= 3), female 4.0– 4.3 mm. Colour stramineous. Forewings white, powdered; veins stramineous. Subantennal processes connected to margins of facial carinae. Forewings with Sc+R fork before middle of wing; Ms1 branched near apex of basal median cell, a small trapezoid cell at base of Ms1. Male genital styles oval; proximal dorsal process short, distal dorsal process elongated. Aedeagus stem flat, not produced dorsally; apical part flat and broad, ending in a small, rounded lobe; a second lobe, larger and broader on the dorsal side, originating on right side.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective ( immaculatus , -a, -um = immaculate, unstained).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.7 mm), VANUATU ISL.; labels: 1) Vanuatu / Espiritu Santo / TANAPO 2) Merremia peltata/ 28.XI.1983 / M.J.W. Cock ( BMNH) . Paratypes. 2 ♂ (fw. 2x3.6) 2 ♀ (fw. 4.0, 4.3), same data as holotype ( BMNH) .

Distribution. Vanuatu Islands.

Diagnosis. Levu immaculatus resembles L. candidus sp. nov. from New Guinea in shape and coloration. However, it is smaller and shows some differences in forewing venation (basal cross-vein between M and R after M- Ms2 fork) and the shape of the male aedeagus (aedeagus stem without dorsal projection and dorsal process on apical portion larger).